Chutney Recipes

Portobello mushrooms are a great meat substitute in burgers. The downside to them is the lack of protein. To compensate, I stuffed the Portobello mushroom with a chickpea patty. I blended the chickpeas and flavored the mixture with spicy garlic chutney (lesahn ki chutney) and added breadcrumbs and finely diced jicama.

I pan-fried the chickpea and Portobello bugers and paired them with marinated artichokes, lettuce, mini red sweet peppers and chipotle salsa. I nested everything in goat cheese-filled toasted English muffins. THese are so tasty, they'll even satisfy the meat eaters in your life!

I've been meaning to post this recipe for a while but Daddy, my father-in-law, kept telling me to be more patient. We harvested our last batch of Meyer lemons more than a month ago. I preserved them by making all sorts of pickles. The method is pretty much the same regardless of the cuisine type, but the spices differ.

Today I'm going to show you how to make my family's favorite, called nimbu ka achar. Halved lemons are pickled in a large amount of coarse sea salt, then flavored with baghar, which is a combination of oil, a lot of spices and a few curry leaves. We enjoy it best with simple, plain basmati rice.